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The Rockets started Hayes, and the Hawks double-teamed Yao Ming unscrupulously, suppressing the Rockets' most stable scoring point.

This is the fourth season that Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady have teamed up. In the first three seasons, Yao Ming basically had a higher tactical status, but Tracy McGrady had a higher degree of freedom at critical moments; but this season, the tactical core has clearly transitioned to Yao Ming.

Some clues can be seen from the fact that Yao Ming's playing time has skyrocketed to nearly 38 minutes this season.

The defensive end resolutely double-teamed Yao Ming, and the offensive end took advantage of Yao Ming's weakness in preventing pick-and-rolls, and Paul and Garnett constantly initiated pick-and-rolls to suppress Yao Ming.

Paul may be the best point guard in the league in terms of personal offense and team organization. He is also an excellent three-threat shooter, sudden shooter, and passer, which would be difficult for Yao Ming to deal with; and if Tracy McGrady or Barnes comes,

Helping with defense, Paul could also find open teammates to attack the Rockets. For a while, the Rockets were unable to parry, and the point difference quickly reached double digits.

In terms of defense alone, the Rockets can be considered the best in the league, but facing the Hawks with a huge offensive threat, it is really difficult to withstand! Only 2 minutes into the third quarter, Adelman adopted "collapse therapy" and used Scola to

Replace Hayes and "use strength to overcome strength" with the Eagles.

Even if the team's head coach is changed from Van Gundy, who is good at defense, to Adelman, who is famous for the "Princeton offensive system", the Rockets' lineup structure is destined to be a slow-paced defensive team, and Adelman has no

Complete the transformation of this Rockets team so quickly. Playing against the Hawks is really a waste of time.

Scola's appearance gave Yao Ming some easy scoring opportunities, and the little giant also seized these opportunities, scoring more than 30 points in three quarters. However, as the game progressed, it became increasingly difficult for Yao Ming to balance the heavy tasks on both ends of the offense and defense without efficiency.

It is also gradually declining.

The lack of physical strength under the intensity of NBA confrontation has also been Yao Ming's long-standing weakness. Therefore, generally speaking, Yao Ming's performance becomes less and less intimidating as the game progresses. And on a technical level, Yao Ming also has his own weaknesses.

His weak mobility makes him more afraid of going forward to defend than other centers; his lack of coordination ability and awareness of ball distribution lead him to often "wrongly" choose to attack, which is an unnecessary waste of energy.

Yao Ming's physical strength could not support the Rockets' offense, and Tracy McGrady began to assume more of the ball and shot rights. However, the defender in front of him was Battier, and behind Battier, Garnett assisted in the defense.

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Tracy McGrady overpowered two of the Hawks, but failed to take advantage. Then he began to wander around the perimeter and shoot pull-up jumpers, making 3 of 8 shots. Although he absorbed a considerable amount of the ball, his efficiency was really average!

After three quarters, the Eagles opened the point difference to 15 points. The balance of victory has clearly tilted towards the Eagles.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Hawks left Paul and Joe Johnson on the court, paired with Barea, Buss, and Anderson's lineup to suppress the Rockets' bench lineup, and gained a clear advantage. There were two organizational points on the court, Barry

Ya can attack as much as he wants on the court and his performance is very fierce.

In contrast, Brooks, the Rockets' rookie this season, plays somewhat similarly to Barea, but the help he provides to the team is vastly different.

In fact, you have to talk about the starting points of the two people. Brooks was a first-round pick after all, and Barea was only picked up by Ke Yan in the 60th pick. But compared to "people make the best use of their talents and things make the best use of them", Ke Yan is still not inferior to others.

The point difference widened to 20 points, and it was already difficult for the Rockets, who had little explosive scoring power, to catch up. Adelman recognized the reality and symbolically replaced the main force and played for three minutes, but was unable to catch up.

Score, decisively withdraw the main force and admit defeat.

At the last moment of the game, Ke Yan replaced players at the end of the bench such as Prigioni, Andre Ingram, and P.J. Brown, which relieved the Rockets to a certain extent and allowed the Rockets to recover some points, which also gave Yao Ming some face.

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In the end, the Hawks defeated the Rockets 113:101 at home and won the Christmas game.

In the whole game, Yao Ming played 36 minutes and efficiently scored a double-double of 3510 points. Just talking about his personal performance, Yao Ming was enough to satisfy the fans of the Flower Garden. Tracy McGrady scored 23 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, and his skills were relatively comprehensive.

The Rockets' old problem is that they still don't have a third scoring point. A player of Scola's level can only be a qualified starter at best. If you expect him to be the third in charge, then this team will be in the second round of the playoffs at best.

In contrast, the Hawks are much better in terms of star quality and bench depth. Garnett played 34 minutes and scored 31 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, beating the Rockets' inside line point to point.

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Paul and Joe Johnson contributed a steady 20%, and Paul also contributed 12 assists. This is a championship-level deputy!

After the game, Ke Yan accepted an interview with Huo Qingshu and commented that this game saved enough face for the Rockets: "This is a very high-quality confrontation. In fact, we don't have many opportunities to play against the Rockets, two games a year.

regular season, but I think they have the strength to impact the finals. It seemed that we won this game easily, but Paul, LG, and Joe Johnson all scored high scores, and our core players all performed very well.

Good performance ensures victory, and the victory in this game is worthy of our cheers."

When Ke Yan said this, domestic Rockets fans were in a state of excitement. Sometimes, fans are very subjective. If you speak positively about the Rockets and Yao Ming, they will regard it as good advice; but if you tell the truth, it will spread to the country through the media.

, they will say that your Chunqiu style of writing is inappropriate, taking it out of context and so on.

A typical rumor is that Phil Jackson said that the Lakers had a chance to sign Yao Ming. If Yao Ming and Kobe teamed up, the Lakers would xxxxx. Anyone with a basic understanding of NBA regulations knows that this is completely impossible.

Yao Ming joined the NBA as the No. 1 pick in 2002 and signed a 211, totaling four-year rookie contract. Later, he renewed his contract in advance in 2005 and signed a five-year, 76 million contract, with the contract period from 2006 to

In 2011, how could there be a chance to bypass the Rockets and join the Lakers?

Taking into account Yao Ming's strength and commercial value, the Rockets were not stingy and directly offered Yao Ming a maximum salary. To put it another way, even if the Rockets' owners and management collectively went crazy and tried to lower Yao Ming's price, Yao Ming refused to renew his contract in advance.

The result is that Yao Ming entered the free agent market in 2006 and became a "restricted free agent." Other teams can offer him a maximum of 4 years and 64 million in contracts. The Rockets only need to match it without thinking, and Yao Ming is still a Rockets player.

According to Phil Jackson's words, fans have a whimsical theory that Yao Ming refused any contract offered by the Rockets in 2006, signed a qualifying contract, and then became a "complete free agent" in 2007 before joining the Lakers. This move is not The huge loss of income and the considerable risk of injury also break the league's unspoken rule of "a rookie plays for his home team for at least seven years." If the league does not find an opportunity to ban him, the employer will negotiate the next labor agreement. A collective uprising!

After the press conference, Huo Qingshu, Yao Ming and some members of Yao's team gathered at Ke Yan's home to celebrate Christmas. Yao Ming even prepared wedding gifts for Ke Yan and Wang Lifan.

"He didn't say anything in advance. I didn't even know you were married until I saw his interview." Yao Ming said to Wang Lifan.

"Don't talk about you, I didn't receive any news before! He hid it too deeply!" Huo Qingshu also complained after him.

After all, Yao Ming is far away in Houston, but he has a good relationship with Ke Yan, and is still quite far away from him. Huo Qingshu is Ke Yan's closest friend. He meets him at least twice a week, and has many interactions such as watching football, eating, and writing articles. She didn't even know that Ke Yan got married as soon as he said he was going to get married.

What a rational person you are usually!

"But marriage is supposed to be the product of passion!" Wang Lifan said with a smile on his face.

He is rich, handsome, has a strong aura, and has top-notch business skills. He is a "groundbreaking" existence in the history of Chinese sports. Ke Yan is popular among both men and women in China. Men are amazed by his achievements, and girls like him. His appearance. For such a character to be "conquered" by Wang Lifan, it is inevitable that he will feel a little proud.

Everyone chatted together, and Huo Qingshu also used his camera to take some photos from time to time, integrated them and posted them in his own post, which instantly attracted the attention of many Jrs on the forum.

"Ke Yan usually looks quite tall, but in front of Yao Ming he is like a little bird."

"It's not surprising, it's all based on comparison. I always thought Qingshu was 1.6 meters tall, but it turns out she's actually 1.7 meters tall, which is never taller than my sister-in-law!"

"I envy and thank Qingshu. I really like to see Ke Yan and Never in real life. I will post more similar photos in the future."

"Stop pretending, you just want to see my sister-in-law!"

When Wang Lifan first appeared in front of the domestic "Ke Mi" as Ke Yan's girlfriend, her reputation was considered "half and half". Some felt that she looked more coquettish, and her face was more vixen, and she was suspected of relying on Ke Yan to rise to power; others felt that she A top student from a medical university with upper-class looks and IQ is better for Ke Yan than finding a female star.

However, over the past few years, the relationship between the two has been stable. Wang Lifan supports Ke Yan's career development and will go to watch football matches when he has time. He also returns to China with Ke Yan every year. He also attends events generously and has gained a lot of favorability. In addition, Ke Yan's wedding announcement This directly sealed the relationship between the two of them as husband and wife. "Kermit" also directly changed her name to "sister-in-law" and recognized her more and more.

After everyone played for a while, Yao Ming approached Ke Yan alone and wanted to discuss some investment plans with him.

Yao Ming has a "Team Yao" around him to take care of the development of his own business value. Yao Ming has more than 10 companies under his own name, and his investment industries include red wine, beverages, health products, etc., basically every In the China Forbes celebrity rankings in 2017, Yao Ming ranked first with an income of more than 200 million RMB!

But these are not as good as Ke Yan's investment in "YouTube". Although Ke Yan claimed to be "lucky", he just happened to rent in Chen Shijun's home. He felt that this project had potential and invested some money; but Yao Ming would not believe this.

Nonsense, does a rational person like Ke Yan achieve success just by luck?

"To be honest, my investments are basically in technology stocks, such as Google and Apple. A company I am paying more attention to right now is called Tesla. They are engaged in new energy vehicles. I think this will be an outlet for future development.

,that's it."

Ke Yan tried his best to make his reasons for "victorious" in investment more reasonable. As for whether Yao Ming would believe him or even invest with him, this was not something Ke Yan could decide.

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After the Christmas game, the Eagles got three days of rest. Ke Yan gave the team a day off. There was no training until the 27th. All players went to the community to do charity and send warmth. Wang Lifan also participated as a family member.

After the event, Larry Sander found Ke Yan to discuss the latest progress of the "Shannon Brown transaction".

In principle, the Bulls agreed to trade Shannon Brown, but they did not accept the double-teaming of "Kareem Rush" or "Prigioni". They preferred to get P.J. Tucker.

"Damn it, what are they thinking!"

Ke Yan was speechless for a while. P.J. Tucker is the Eagles' only authentic small forward substitute. Without him, the Eagles can only let Eddie Jones take over or let Buss make a guest appearance. The former is "old and honest" and is basically a colander;

The latter can only be used under certain circumstances, and he mainly plays the fourth position!

Moreover, Shannon Brown is basically the sixth choice in the Bulls' backcourt and does not have many playing opportunities; Ke Yan tried to introduce him mainly because he felt that the Hawks' current backcourt is too biased towards "shooting" and wanted to add an "active player"

"Jumping Man". For him, it is really not worth sacrificing the rationality of the team's lineup.

"I think so too, so my opinion is to stop the transaction first and then observe the Bulls' reaction." Larry Sander put forward his own opinion.

"Yes! I will also try to find other candidates."

On December 29, the Hawks took a long trip and flew to Dallas to challenge the Dallas Mavericks away from home.

The two teams were the top two teams in the regular season last season, and Garnett and Nowitzki were also the top two in the mvp list. The dialogue between the two teams should have been a "Mars Collision with the Earth"

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However, the two teams have gone on completely different tracks this season. The Eagles' substitute lineup has undergone a major overhaul, which at least ensures the integrity of the starting lineup. Although the team's performance has always had some ups and downs, it has been moving towards good results.

The so-called "slump" is only compared to last season;

After acquiring Kidd, the Mavericks completely revolutionized their previous "all-in-ones" tactical system, instead allowing the aging Kidd to control the team's offense and promote more coordination.

The huge change in tactical style has made many Mavericks players uncomfortable. For example, the team's second-in-command Josh Howard's scoring average has dropped sharply from 18.7 points last season to 14.2 points this season. His shooting percentage and three-point shooting percentage have dropped sharply.

All have declined to varying degrees; if it weren't for the strong defense that backed them up, they might have been traded by the team;

Another example is Jason Terry, the team's main point guard last season. After switching to the second position, he was also unable to accept changes in his partners. Fortunately, compared to Howard, he is slightly better at running without the ball and is more capable.

He can lead the bench and gradually transition to a "pseudo-starter" sixth man.

The performance of all members has declined, and the Mavericks' current record is only ranked sixth in the Western Conference, which is the lowest point in recent years. The team's new head coach Carlisle also has Alexander on his shoulders! Kidd's integration is not smooth, and the media will advocate "can't see it"

to exonerate him, Carlisle.

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Carry the pot on your back!

Facing a Mavericks team that was not doing well recently, Ke Yan did not let the Hawks become a stepping stone for the Mavericks to reverse their decline. He very directly caught the areas where the Mavericks players were not getting along well and their playing style was sluggish and targeted them.

, established a double-digit lead early.

Throughout the entire game, the Mavericks were never able to close the point difference to single digits and lost their competitiveness at all.

In the end, the Mavericks lost to the Hawks 89:108 at home.

In the post-match interview, Ke Yan expressed his support for Carlisle: "Coach Carlisle is the best coach in the league in tactical arrangements, and his on-the-spot adjustments are also the strongest in the league. I feel that the Mavericks have no responsibility for their poor record.

It's entirely on him. And every team's transformation will cause fluctuations in record. But some degree of transformation is quite necessary for the team."

Having said that, Keyan's existence may not be good news for Carlisle. After all, Carlisle and Nowitzki both "became gods" in 2011, and Nowitzki even relied on this

With one championship, he basically surpassed Garnett in terms of reputation.

Now that Ke Yan is here, it may not be so easy for the Mavericks, Carlisle, and Nowitzki to win this championship.

ps: Recently, everyone has been telling me that there is nothing to write about the plot of the Hawks, and it is recommended to change the map. Regarding this, I mentioned in the "Remarks on the Release" that the book "Basketball Scientist" has plans

Four maps, progress step by step.

In fact, the structure of the book is somewhat imitated by Tucao's "The Pope of Basketball", which is the path of "assistant coach - head coach of a small city team - head coach of a big city team - buying a team and becoming the owner". Of course, Ke Yan chose the team

The tendencies are very different from Yang Rui. Yang Rui may be more playful, so he is obsessed with going to big cities; Ke Yan may prefer a comfortable living environment, so the fourth map is to buy a team and become the owner.

, it must be a city that is relatively friendly to Chinese people. (Some book friends may not care about this, but I have some obsessive-compulsive disorder myself).

Coming back to the issue of "changing maps", considering the layout of the book, I can't write about a team that is "bad" and competing for the No. 1 pick. But if you take over a new "bad team", you have no space and no resources.

A bunch of bad contracts (let’s just name them) are basically “impossible to save”. You can only rely on the draft to get the core, so the timing of taking over the team is very important. I set it in 2009, because later

The following summer of 2010 was the busiest free agent market in history.

In the first half of this month, a lot of things happened to me. The death of an elder, inflammation of wisdom teeth, recurrence of old problems, etc. In the second half of the month, I worked extra hard on updates. I have updated a lot recently, and I hope everyone will continue to support me.